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121-471: Winners for position awards are determined from voting by the managers and coaches in each league, who are not permitted to vote for their own players. Additionally, a sabermetric component provided by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) accounts for about 25 percent of the vote. For the utility player awards, the sabermetric component and other defensive statistics are exclusively used to select

242-555: A foul ball may have aggravated an earlier hamstring injury. Jeter batted .148 in the World Series, as the Yankees lost in seven games. Jeter batted .297, with 18 home runs, 75 RBIs, 124 runs scored, 191 hits, and a career-best 32 stolen bases during the 2002 regular season . He led the majors in stolen base percentage (91.4%), getting caught only three times. He made his fifth All-Star appearance. In

363-432: A "good, not great" shortstop, had declined to become "below average" defensively, to the extent that he would likely need to change positions; Cashman later acknowledged that Jeter might need to shift to the outfield. Though Jeter stated that he wanted to remain with the Yankees, negotiations became tense. Jeter's agent, Casey Close , stated that he was "baffled" by the Yankees' approach to the negotiations, and Cashman, now

484-625: A "new crop" of MLB shortstops on the rise, along with Alex Rodriguez and Nomar Garciaparra , as the careers of older shortstops such as Cal Ripken Jr. , Barry Larkin , Ozzie Smith , and Alan Trammell were concluding. Rodriguez, the first overall selection in the 1993 MLB draft , first contacted Jeter about his experiences as a high first-round pick. The two became friends to the extent that The New York Times journalist Jack Curry commented "[r]arely have two higher-profile opponents been as close." Rodriguez described Jeter as being "like my brother," even though they were on-field adversaries. Before

605-525: A .250 average without a home run in 15 games in the major leagues. The Yankees advanced to the postseason in 1995. Jeter traveled with the team during the 1995 American League Division Series (ALDS), though he was not on the active roster. The Yankees lost to the Seattle Mariners . After Fernández batted a disappointing .245 and appeared in only 108 games due to injuries in 1995, newly hired Yankees manager Joe Torre turned to Jeter for

726-569: A .340 OBP and .370 SLG, all career lows, as he hit more ground balls than usual. Despite this, Jeter was elected to start at shortstop in the All-Star Game. He rebounded to bat .342 in his last 79 at-bats after making adjustments to his swing with the help of Kevin Long , the Yankees hitting coach, who had successfully helped Nick Swisher and Curtis Granderson make adjustments that improved their production. With Long, Jeter changed

847-457: A 2009 Roberto Clemente Award . Jeter was the 28th player to reach 3,000 hits and finished his career ranked sixth in MLB history in career hits and first among shortstops. In 2017, the Yankees retired his uniform number 2. The Yankees drafted Jeter out of high school in 1992 , and he debuted in the major leagues at age 20 in 1995. The following year, he became the Yankees' starting shortstop, won

968-534: A batter can reach base besides a hit – as a batter on base can score runs, and runs, not hits, win ballgames. Even though slugging percentage and an early form of on-base percentage (OBP) – which takes into accounts base on balls ("walks") and hit-by-pitches – date to at least 1941, pre-dating both Bill James (born 1949) and SABR (formed 1971), enhanced focus was put on the relationship of times on base and run scoring by early SABR-era baseball statistical pioneers. SA and OBP were combined to create

1089-468: A career-low eight errors, and his .986 fielding percentage was his career best. The addition of Gold Glove-winning first baseman Mark Teixeira allowed second baseman Robinson Canó to shift his focus to his right, helping Jeter. During the season, the Sporting News named Jeter eighth on their list of the 50 greatest current players in baseball. Jeter achieved two career hit milestones in

1210-400: A fly ball to right field that was ruled a home run by the umpires after 12-year-old fan Jeffrey Maier reached over the wall to catch the ball. Though the ball would have remained in play if not for Maier, and could have been caught by Tony Tarasco , the home run stood as called, tying the game. It marked the first home run of Jeter's postseason career. The Yankees won the game and defeated

1331-478: A gold glove annually to a female fastpitch softball player in the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) league. NPF coaches and managers vote for a winner (excluding those on their respective teams). This award is in addition to the collegiate and high school awards added in 2007, the 50th anniversary of the inaugural Gold Glove Awards. Sabermetric Sabermetrics (originally SABRmetrics )

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1452-584: A home run off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price on September 14, 2008. On September 16, he broke the record against Chicago White Sox pitcher Gavin Floyd . The Yankees were eliminated from postseason contention, the only full season in Jeter's career where he did not compete in the playoffs. Following the final game in Yankee Stadium history, Jeter made a speech at the request of the Yankees, thanking

1573-411: A job he held until 2015, and hired his assistant Paul DePodesta . During the 2002 season, a noted "moneyball" Oakland A's team went on to win 20 games in a row, a term (and approach to the game) which soon gained national recognition when Michael Lewis published Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (where "unfair" reflected the disparity in resources available to the big market teams versus

1694-457: A liability defensively, he won his second consecutive Gold Glove in 2005. Orlando Cabrera of the Angels had a higher fielding percentage and committed fewer errors, but voters noted that Jeter had more assists. Though Jeter batted .333 during the 2005 ALDS , the Yankees lost to the Angels. For the 2006 season, the Yankees signed Johnny Damon to play center field and lead off, moving Jeter to

1815-896: A perfect 5-for-5 performance in Game 1, making him the sixth player to record five hits in one postseason game. The Yankees lost to the Detroit Tigers , three games to one. Many expected Jeter would win the AL MVP Award for 2006. In a close vote, Jeter finished second in the voting to Justin Morneau of the Twins. Though he lost the MVP Award, he won the Hank Aaron Award , given for superior offensive performance. He also won his third consecutive Gold Glove Award. Though

1936-440: A pitcher has a high BABIP, they will often show improvements in the following season, while a pitcher with low BABIP will often show a decline in the following season. This is based on the statistical concept of regression to the mean . Others have created various means of attempting to quantify individual pitches based on characteristics of the pitch, as opposed to runs earned or balls hit. Value over replacement player (VORP)

2057-411: A pitcher is likely to put a player on base (either via walk, hit-by-pitch, or base hit) and thus how effective batters are against a particular pitcher in reaching base. A later development was the creation of defense independent pitching statistics (DIPS) system. Voros McCracken has been credited with the development of this system in 1999. Through his research, McCracken was able to show that there

2178-611: A player's performance at the plate helped draw extra attention to his glove." After winning the AL Gold Glove at first base in both 1997 and 1998, Rafael Palmeiro won again in 1999 with the Texas Rangers while only appearing in 28 games as a first baseman; he played in 128 games as a designated hitter that season, resulting in a controversy. Derek Jeter , winner of five Gold Gloves, believes that many defensive factors cannot be quantified. In 2013, Rawlings collaborated on

2299-554: A player, Jeter spent his entire 20-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2020 ; he received 396 of 397 possible votes (99.75%), the second-highest percentage in MLB history (behind only teammate Mariano Rivera ) and the highest by a position player. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) and part owner of

2420-462: A positive attitude in her son, insisting that he not use the word "can't". It was a baseball family, and Jeter's younger sister Sharlee (born c. 1979) was a softball star in high school. The Jeters lived in New Jersey until Derek was four, at which point they moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan . At age five, Jeter began playing little league baseball. The children lived with their parents during

2541-511: A reason for the award. Though Jeter was fourth among shortstops in fielding percentage and errors, two traditional fielding statistics, critics pointed to his lower ratings in the more advanced sabermetric statistics, such as range factor and ultimate zone rating (UZR). Jeter was second in the AL in runs scored (122) in the 2005 season, and was third in the league in both at bats (654) and hits (202). Though his critics continued to see Jeter as

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2662-488: A scrawny appearance that did not match his reputation as the Yankees' future leader. Jorge Posada and Andy Pettitte , who played for the Hornets that season, at first questioned the hype surrounding Jeter, but recognized his talent and poise. Jeter focused the next offseason on his fielding. Baseball America rated Jeter among the top 100 prospects in baseball before the 1993 season , ranking him 44th. Returning to

2783-432: A single Gold Glove for each individual outfield position, arguing that the three outfield positions are not equivalent defensively. Starting in 2011, separate awards for each outfield position were once again presented. In the 1985 American League voting, a tie for third-place resulted in the presentation of Gold Glove Awards to four outfielders ( Dwayne Murphy , Gary Pettis , Dwight Evans and Dave Winfield ); this scenario

2904-820: Is Darin Erstad , who won Gold Gloves as an outfielder in 2000 and 2002 and as a first baseman in 2004, all with the Anaheim Angels . The only other player to win Gold Gloves at multiple positions is Plácido Polanco , who won at second base (2007, 2009 AL) and third base (2011 NL). Family pairs to win Gold Gloves include brothers Ken and Clete Boyer (third base), brothers Sandy Alomar Jr. (catcher) and Roberto Alomar (second base), Bengie and Yadier Molina (catcher), father and son Bobby and Barry Bonds (outfield), and father and son Bob (catcher) and Bret Boone (second base). The 2021 St. Louis Cardinals hold

3025-430: Is also heavily dependent on the pitcher's team, particularly on the number of runs it scores. Sabermetricians have attempted to find different measures of pitching performance that exclude the performances of the fielders involved. One of the earliest developed, and one of the most popular in use, is walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP), which while not completely defense-independent, tends to indicate how many times

3146-583: Is another popular sabermetric statistic for evaluating a player's contributions to his team. Similar to VORP, WAR compares a given player to a replacement-level player in order to determine the number of additional wins the player provides to his team relative to an average ballplayer at his position. WAR, like VORP a cumulative statistic, heavily reflects the amount of a player's playing time. "Static" statistics based on simple ratios of already accumulated data (like batting average) and accumulative tallies (such as pitching wins) do not fully reveal all aspects of

3267-570: Is little to no difference between pitchers in the number of hits they allow on balls put into play – regardless of their skill level. Some examples of these statistics are defense-independent ERA , fielding independent pitching, and defense-independent component ERA . Other sabermetricians have furthered the work in DIPS, such as Tom Tango who runs the Tango on Baseball sabermetrics website. Baseball Prospectus created another statistics called

3388-583: Is of English , German , and Irish ancestry, while his father is African-American . They met while serving in the United States Army in Germany. His father played baseball at Fisk University in Tennessee as a shortstop , and holds a PhD. When Jeter was a child, his parents made him sign a contract every year that defined acceptable and unacceptable forms of behavior. Dorothy instilled

3509-410: Is the earned run average (ERA). It is calculated as earned runs allowed per nine innings. Earned run average does not separate the ability of the pitcher from the abilities of the fielders that he plays with. Another classic measure for pitching is a pitcher's winning percentage . Winning percentage is calculated by dividing wins by the total number of decisions (wins plus losses). Winning percentage

3630-483: Is the original or blanket term for sports analytics , the empirical analysis of baseball , especially the development of advanced metrics based on baseball statistics that measure in-game activity. The term is derived from the movement's progenitors, members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), founded in 1971, and was coined by Bill James , who is one of its pioneers and considered its most prominent advocate and public face. The term moneyball

3751-541: Is tied for the second-highest total overall with pitcher Jim Kaat ; both players won their 16 awards consecutively. Iván Rodríguez has won the most Gold Gloves as a catcher , with 13 career awards in the American League. Ozzie Smith has 13 wins at shortstop ; he and Rodríguez are tied for the fourth-highest total among all winners. Among outfielders, Roberto Clemente and Willie Mays , who played primarily right field and center field, respectively, are tied for

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3872-581: Is to Cooperstown ." The second through fifth picks were Paul Shuey , B. J. Wallace , Jeffrey Hammonds , and Chad Mottola ; those five would combine for two All-Star Game appearances (Nevin and Hammonds). The Yankees drafted Jeter, who chose to turn pro, signing for $ 800,000. Jeter played four seasons in Minor League Baseball , formally known as the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (NAPBL). Jeter began

3993-486: Is used for the practice of using metrics to identify "undervalued players" and sign them to what ideally will become "below market value" contracts, which debuted in the efforts of small market teams to compete with the much greater resources of big market ones. English-American sportswriter Henry Chadwick developed the box score in New York City in 1858. This was the first way statisticians were able to describe

4114-473: Is you're able to pass them along from generation to generation. Although things are going to change next year and we're going to move across the street, there are a few things with the New York Yankees that never change. That's pride, tradition and most of all, we have the greatest fans in the world. We're relying on you to take the memories from this stadium and add them to the new memories we make at

4235-632: The 1992 season with the Gulf Coast Yankees of the Rookie -level Gulf Coast League , based in Tampa, Florida . In his first professional game, Jeter failed to get a hit in seven at-bats, going 0-for-7 , while striking out five times. Jeter continued to struggle during the rest of the season, batting .202 in 47 games. Manager Gary Denbo benched Jeter in the season's final game to ensure his average would not drop below .200, known in baseball as

4356-518: The 1995 season , Jeter was projected as the starting shortstop for the Yankees. However, he suffered mild inflammation in his right shoulder in the Arizona Fall League after the conclusion of the 1994 regular season. As a precaution, the Yankees signed Tony Fernández to a two-year contract. With Fernández the starting shortstop, the Yankees assigned Jeter to Class AAA. During the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike , Gene Michael ,

4477-400: The 1996 season , hoping for a .250 batting average and dependable defense. Yankees owner George Steinbrenner , often skeptical of younger players, was unconvinced. After Clyde King , a close Steinbrenner advisor, observed Jeter for two days in spring training in 1996, he came away with the impression that Jeter was not yet ready to contribute at the major league level. To provide depth to

4598-472: The 1997 season , Jeter and the Yankees agreed on a $ 540,000 contract with performance bonuses. Becoming the Yankees' leadoff batter, Jeter batted .291, with 10 home runs, 70 RBIs, 116 runs, and 190  hits . Though he hit two home runs during the 1997 American League Division Series , the Yankees lost to the Cleveland Indians , three games to two. Jeter earned $ 750,000 for

4719-413: The 1998 season . That year, Jeter was selected for his first All-Star Game . In the regular season, he batted .324 with a league-leading 127 runs, 19 home runs, and 84 RBIs, for a team that won 114 games during the regular season and is widely considered to be one of the greatest of all time. In the playoffs, Jeter hit only .176 in the 1998 ALDS and ALCS , but batted .353 in

4840-682: The 2000 MLB All-Star Game , he recorded three hits, including a two-run single that gave his team the lead and victory. The performance earned him the All-Star Game MVP Award , the first time a Yankee won the award. During the postseason, he batted only .211 in the Division Series but rebounded to hit .318 in the Championship Series against the Seattle Mariners , and .409 in the World Series against

4961-538: The 2001 MLB All-Star Game , hitting a home run off of Jon Leiber in his only at bat. Jeter made a defensive assist in Game 3 of the 2001 American League Division Series against the Oakland Athletics . With Jeremy Giambi on first base , Oakland right fielder Terrence Long hit a double off Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina into the right-field corner. As Giambi rounded third base and headed for home plate , Yankees right fielder Shane Spencer retrieved

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5082-564: The 2003 World Series against the Florida Marlins  – the only three hits Josh Beckett allowed during the game. Jeter committed a crucial error in a Game 6 loss, and the Marlins won the series in six games. The Yankees acquired Rodriguez from the Texas Rangers during the 2003–04 offseason. Rodriguez had won two Gold Glove Awards at shortstop and was considered the best shortstop in baseball. Jeter—who had no Gold Gloves at

5203-546: The 2007 ALDS , batting 3-for-17 (.176) with one RBI, as the Indians defeated the Yankees. Jeter hit his 400th career double on June 27, 2008, and his 200th home run on July 12. Jeter's slugging percentage (SLG) dropped to .410 in the 2008 season , his lowest mark since 1997. Jeter was elected to his ninth All-Star game as the starting shortstop. He finished the season with a .300 batting average. Jeter tied Lou Gehrig 's record for hits at Yankee Stadium (1,269) with

5324-620: The All-Star break in July. Jeter made the All-Star team and finished the season with a .292 average; 23 home runs, the second-most of his career; 78 RBIs; 111 runs scored; and a career-best 44 doubles, which broke the Yankee single-season record for doubles by a shortstop, besting Tony Kubek 's 38 in 1961. He batted .316 with a team-leading four RBIs as the Yankees defeated

5445-525: The Cincinnati Reds . The most recent teammates to accomplish the feat are Dansby Swanson and Nico Hoerner , who won with the Chicago Cubs in 2023. † = Hall of Fame Since 1957, there have been five Gold Glove batteries . The pitcher and catcher, collectively known as the battery, are the only two players on the field involved in every pitch. In particular, the pitcher and catcher control

5566-628: The Class AAA International League during the 1994 season , combining to hit .344 with five home runs, 68 RBIs, and steal 50 bases across the three levels. He was honored with Minor League Player of the Year Awards by Baseball America , The Sporting News , and Topps /NAPBL. He was also named the most valuable player of the FSL. Considered the fourth-best prospect in baseball by Baseball America heading into

5687-417: The Detroit Tigers in 2006. Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright matched the feat, winning in both 2009 and 2013. In 2011, Rawlings added an annual Platinum Glove Award awarded to the best defensive player in each league, as selected by fans from the year's Gold Glove winners. Numbers after a player's name indicate that he has won the award multiple times. In 2016, Rawlings announced it would begin awarding

5808-411: The Detroit Tigers negotiated on a reported eight-year, $ 143 million contract extension. When that agreement fell through, so did Jeter's tentative deal. To avoid arbitration, Jeter and the Yankees agreed to a one-year deal worth $ 10 million. Jeter batted a team-best .339 in the 2000 regular season and added 15 home runs, 73 RBIs, 119 runs scored, and 22 stolen bases. In

5929-618: The Mendoza Line . Homesick and frustrated by his lack of success, Jeter accrued $ 400-per-month phone bills from daily calls to his parents. The Yankees promoted Jeter to the Greensboro Hornets of the Class A South Atlantic League (SAL) to give him more at-bats. He batted .247 in his first 11 games with Greensboro, and struggled defensively, making nine errors in 48 chances . Weighing 156 pounds (71 kg), Jeter had

6050-661: The Michigan Wolverines . The Houston Astros held the first overall pick in the 1992 MLB draft . Hall of Fame pitcher Hal Newhouser , who worked for the Astros as a scout , evaluated Jeter extensively and lobbied team management to select him. Fearing Jeter would insist on a salary bonus of at least $ 1 million to forgo college for a professional contract, they chose Cal State Fullerton outfielder Phil Nevin , who signed for $ 700,000. Newhouser felt so strongly about Jeter's potential that he quit his job with

6171-659: The Minnesota Twins in the 2004 ALDS . Jeter struggled in the 2004 ALCS , batting .200 with one extra base hit , as the Yankees lost the series to the Red Sox in seven games, despite winning the first three games. In the 12th inning of a tied game on July 1, 2004, against their rivals , the Boston Red Sox , Trot Nixon hit a pop fly down the left field line. Jeter ran from his position at shortstop and made an over-the-shoulder catch. He launched himself over

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6292-567: The New York Mets in 1984, he arranged for a team employee to write a dBASE II application to compile and store advanced metrics on team statistics. Craig R. Wright was another employee in MLB, working with the Texas Rangers in the early 1980s. During his time with the Rangers, he became known as the first front office employee in MLB history to work under the title "sabermetrician". David Smith founded Retrosheet in 1989, with

6413-484: The New York Mets . Jeter added two home runs, a triple, and two doubles in the World Series, including a leadoff home run on the first pitch of Game 4 and a triple later in the third inning. His home run in Game 5 tied the game and extended his World Series hitting streak to 14 games. The Yankees defeated the Mets in five games for their third consecutive title and fourth in Jeter's first five full seasons. Jeter won

6534-692: The Rookie of the Year Award , and helped the team win the 1996 World Series over the Atlanta Braves . Jeter continued to excel during the team's championship seasons of 1998–2000; he finished third in voting for the American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 1998, recorded multiple career-high numbers in 1999, and won both the All-Star Game MVP and World Series MVP Awards in 2000. He consistently placed among

6655-518: The Texas Rangers earlier in the offseason, setting the market for Jeter's negotiations. Jeter became the second-highest-paid athlete across all team sports and auto racing , trailing only Rodriguez. The $ 18.9 million average annual value of Jeter's contract was the third-highest in baseball, behind only Rodriguez ($ 25.2 million) and Manny Ramirez ($ 20 million). In 2001, Jeter batted .311 with 21 home runs, 74 RBIs, 110 runs scored, and 27 stolen bases. He played in

6776-827: The World Series , as the Yankees defeated the San Diego Padres in four games. At season's end, Jeter finished third in voting for the AL Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award . Eligible for salary arbitration for the first time before the 1999 season , Jeter was awarded a $ 5 million salary. Jeter led the AL in hits that season with 219, while finishing second in the league in batting average (.349) and runs scored (134), appearing in his second All-Star game that year. His season totals in batting average, runs, hits, runs batted in, doubles (37), triples (9), home runs (24), SLG (.552), and OBP (.438) are all personal bests. Jeter also drove in 102 runs. In

6897-545: The World Series MVP Award , becoming the first (and so far only) player to win the All-Star Game MVP and World Series MVP Awards in the same season. With one year remaining until he would become eligible for free agency , Jeter signed a ten-year, $ 189 million contract before the 2001 season to remain with the Yankees. Alex Rodriguez had signed a ten-year, $ 252 million contract with

7018-418: The peripheral ERA . This measure of a pitcher's performance takes hits, walks, home runs allowed, and strikeouts while adjusting for ballpark factors. Each ballpark has different dimensions when it comes to the outfield wall so a pitcher should not be measured the same for each of these parks. Batting average on balls in play (BABIP) is another useful measurement for determining pitchers’ performance. When

7139-415: The running game with tools such as pickoffs or the strength of the catcher's throwing arm. The first pitcher and catcher on the same team to win Gold Gloves in the same year were Jim Kaat and Earl Battey , with the Minnesota Twins in 1962. Only two pairs of batterymates have won Gold Gloves together more than once: Iván Rodríguez and Kenny Rogers won with the Texas Rangers in 2000, and again with

7260-459: The 1996 season, Jeter started on Opening Day , the first Yankee rookie to start as shortstop for the team since Tom Tresh in 1962. He hit his first MLB home run that day. With his speed and ability to execute the hit and run , Jeter served as a complement to leadoff hitter Tim Raines while batting in the ninth spot in the batting order . By year's end, Jeter batted .314 with 10 home runs, 104  runs scored , and 78 RBIs. He

7381-451: The 2002 postseason, the Anaheim Angels defeated the Yankees in the ALDS on their way to winning the World Series . On Opening Day of the 2003 season , Jeter dislocated his left shoulder when he collided with Toronto Blue Jays catcher Ken Huckaby at third base. He was placed on the disabled list for six weeks and missed 36 games; he had never played fewer than 148 games in

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7502-477: The AL leaders in hits and runs scored for most of his career, and served as the Yankees' team captain from 2003 until his retirement in 2014. Throughout his career, Jeter contributed reliably to the Yankees' franchise successes. He holds many postseason records, and has a .321  batting average in the World Series. Jeter has earned the nicknames "Captain Clutch" and "Mr. November" due to his outstanding play in

7623-521: The Astros in protest after they ignored his drafting advice. The Yankees, who selected sixth, also rated Jeter highly. Yankees scout Dick Groch, assigned to scout in the Midwest , watched Jeter participate in an all-star camp held at Western Michigan University . Though Yankees officials were concerned that Jeter would attend college instead of signing a professional contract, Groch convinced them to select him, saying, "the only place Derek Jeter's going

7744-594: The Gold Glove Award with SABR, who provided the SABR Defensive Index (SDI) to add a sabermetric component to the selection process. The index accounted for 25 percent of the vote, while managers and coaches continued to provide the majority. Afterwards, Jay Jaffe of Sports Illustrated wrote that the Gold Gloves "appear to have significantly closed the gap on their more statistically driven counterparts." SABR and FiveThirtyEight believed that

7865-473: The Hornets in 1993, his first full season of professional baseball, Jeter hit .295 with five home runs, 71 RBIs, and 18 stolen bases; SAL managers voted him the "Most Outstanding Major League Prospect" in the league. He finished second in the SAL in triples (11), third in hits (152), and 11th in batting average, and was named to the postseason All-Star team. Jeter committed 56 errors, a SAL record. Despite this, he

7986-713: The Kalamazoo Area B'nai B'rith Award for Scholar Athlete, the 1992 High School Player of the Year Award from the American Baseball Coaches Association , the 1992 Gatorade High School Player of the year award , and USA Today ' s High School Player of the Year. He also received an All-State honorable mention in basketball. Jeter earned a baseball scholarship to attend the University of Michigan and play college baseball for

8107-471: The Orioles in five games. Overall, Jeter batted .361 in the 1996 postseason, helping to lead the Yankees offensively with Bernie Williams , as Wade Boggs , Paul O'Neill , and Tino Martinez struggled. The Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves in the 1996 World Series to win their first championship since the 1978 World Series . Following his Rookie of the Year season, Jeter was considered to be among

8228-1015: The Week and MVP). Those which are most useful in evaluating past performance and predicting future outcomes are valuable in determining a player's contributions to his team, potential trades, contract negotiations, and arbitration. Recently, sabermetrics has been expanded to examining ballplayer minor league performance in AA and AAA ball in a manner similar to evaluating it at the Major League level, known as Minor-League Equivalency. Machine learning and other forms of artificial intelligence (AI) can be applied to predicting future outcomes in baseball modeling, in-game strategy, personnel handling, and roster-building and contract negotiations. Bill James' two books, The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract (1985) and Win Shares (2002) have continued to advance

8349-440: The Yankees continued to struggle with postseason failures, Jeter remained a consistent contributor. During the 2007 season , Jeter was third in the AL with 203 hits, his third consecutive season and sixth overall, with at least 200 hits. He also finished ninth in batting average (.322). He was selected for his eighth All-Star appearance. In the field, he was involved in turning a career-high 104 double plays . He struggled during

8470-563: The Yankees fans for their support—a moment later voted by fans as the Moment of the Year in MLB.com's This Year in Baseball Awards: From all of us up here, it's a huge honor to put this uniform on every day and come out here and play. Every member of this organization, past and present, has been calling this place home for 85 years. There's a lot of tradition, a lot of history and a lot of memories. The great thing about memories

8591-418: The Yankees' general manager , offered Jeter the opportunity to work out for the MLB team with replacement players in spring training before the 1995 season. Jeter denied receiving the offer, and he did not cross the picket line . Early in the 1995 season , Fernández and infielder Pat Kelly were injured. Consequently, Jeter made his MLB debut on May 29, 1995. He was assigned uniform number 2, which

8712-427: The award (1957 to 1960), individual awards were presented to left fielders , center fielders , and right fielders . From 1961 through 2010, the phrase "at each position" was no longer strictly accurate, since the prize was presented to three outfielders irrespective of their specific position. Any combination of outfielders, often three center fielders, could win the award in the same year. Critics called for awarding

8833-416: The ball and made a wild throw that missed cut-off man Tino Martinez and dribbled down the first-base line. Jeter ran from shortstop to grab the ball and flipped it backhanded to catcher Jorge Posada , rather than throwing it overhand. Posada tagged Giambi out on the leg just before he crossed home plate, preserving the Yankees' one-run lead. Facing elimination, the Yankees eventually won the game, as well as

8954-481: The early 1970s Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB), used an IBM System/360 at team owner Jerold Hoffberger 's brewery to write a FORTRAN -based baseball computer simulation . In spite of his results, he was unable to persuade his manager Earl Weaver that he should bat second in the lineup. He wrote IBM BASIC programs to help him manage the Tidewater Tides , and after becoming manager of

9075-423: The field of sabermetrics. The work of his former assistant Rob Neyer , who later became a senior writer at ESPN.com and national baseball editor of SBNation, also contributed to popularizing sabermetrics since the mid-1980s. Nate Silver , a former writer and managing partner of Baseball Prospectus , invented PECOTA ( Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm ) in 2002–2003, introducing it to

9196-481: The first Gold Glove Awards. Rawlings asked 70 baseball reporters, former players, and former managers to select 50 names for the ballot, from an initial selection of 250 names. The team was selected by fans, who voted at the Rawlings Gold Glove website, at United States Postal Service offices, and at sporting goods stores. The results were announced at the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. In

9317-464: The first month of the 2011 season. As he struggled, it appeared that the 2011 season was the continuation of Jeter's decline. Jeter broke Rickey Henderson 's franchise record for stolen bases when he stole his 327th base against the Mariners on May 28, 2011. He suffered a calf injury on June 13 that required his fifth stint on the 15-day disabled list , and his first since 2003. At that point, he

9438-430: The first time that any non-exhibition MLB game had been played in the month of November. In extra innings, Jeter hit a game-winning home run off of Byung-hyun Kim . The words "Mr. November" flashed on the scoreboard, alluding to former Yankee Reggie Jackson 's nickname, "Mr. October". Despite the home run, Jeter slumped at the plate; he denied injuries were a factor, though a fall into a photographer's box trying to catch

9559-524: The game represented in their numeric totals. Advanced metrics are increasingly developed and targeted to addressing in-game activities (such as when a team should attempt to steal a base, and when to bring closers in). Sabermetrics are commonly used for everything from sportswriting to baseball Hall of Fame consideration, selecting player match-ups and evaluating in-game strategic options. Advanced statistical measures may be utilized in determining in-season and end-of-the-season awards (such as Player of

9680-418: The game, including batting, pitching, baserunning, and fielding. A ballplayer's batting average (BA) (simply hits divided by at-bats ) was the historic measure of a player's offensive performance, enhanced by slugging percentage (SA) which incorporated their ability to hit for power. Bill James, along with other early sabermetricians, was concerned that batting average did not incorporate other ways

9801-416: The history of the Gold Glove Award, there have been twelve double-play combinations, or pairs of middle infielders , that have won awards in the same year. Shortstops and second basemen depend upon each other for the majority of double plays. The most common type of double play occurs with a runner on first base and a ground ball hit towards the middle of the infield . The player fielding the ball (generally

9922-499: The impact to the voting results by SDI, which is also included on the voters' ballots, went beyond its own 25% weight and also influenced the managers' and coaches' voting. The most Gold Gloves ever won by one player is 18 by pitcher Greg Maddux . He won 13 consecutive awards from 1990 to 2002, all in the National League. Brooks Robinson has the most wins for a position player, with 16 Gold Gloves, all at third base , and

10043-478: The lead with 12 Gold Gloves. Keith Hernandez , the leader at first base , has won 11 times, and Roberto Alomar leads second basemen with 10 wins. Other players with 10 or more wins include shortstop Omar Vizquel (11), catcher Johnny Bench (10), third basemen Mike Schmidt (10), and Nolan Arenado (10) and outfielders Ken Griffey Jr. , Ichiro Suzuki , Andruw Jones , and Al Kaline (10 each). The only player to win Gold Gloves as an infielder and outfielder

10164-624: The league's Miami Marlins from September 2017 to February 2022. A five-time World Series champion with the Yankees, Jeter is regarded as a central contributor to the franchise's dynasty during the late 1990s and early 2000s for his hitting, base-running, fielding, and leadership. He is the Yankees' all-time career leader in hits (3,465), doubles (544), games played (2,747), stolen bases (358), times on base (4,716), plate appearances (12,602) and at bats (11,195). His accolades include 14 All-Star selections, five Gold Glove Awards , five Silver Slugger Awards , two Hank Aaron Awards , and

10285-677: The modern statistic on-base plus slugging (OPS). OPS is the sum of the on-base percentage and the slugging percentage. This modern statistic has become useful in comparing players and is a powerful method of predicting runs scored by any given player. An enhanced version of OPS, "OPS+", incorporates OPS, historic statistics, ballpark considerations, and defensive position weightings to attempt to allow player performance from different eras to be compared. Some other advanced metrics used to evaluate batting performance are weighted on-base average , secondary average , runs created , and equivalent average . The traditional measure of pitching performance

10406-588: The new Yankee Stadium and continue to pass them on from generation to generation. We just want to take this moment to salute you, the greatest fans in the world. For the 2009 season , Yankees manager Joe Girardi switched Jeter and Damon in the batting order, with Damon moving to second and Jeter to the leadoff role. Jeter batted .334, third-best in the AL, with a .406 OBP, an .871 OPS, 18 home runs, 66 RBIs, 30 stolen bases in 35 attempts, 107 runs scored, 72 walks, and 212 hits (second in MLB). Defensively, Jeter committed

10527-541: The objective of computerizing the box score of every major league baseball game ever played, in order to more accurately collect and compare the statistics of the game. The Oakland Athletics began to use a more quantitative approach to baseball by focusing on sabermetric principles in the 1990s. This initially began with Sandy Alderson as the general manager of the team when he used the principles toward obtaining relatively undervalued players. His ideas were continued when Billy Beane took over as general manager in 1997,

10648-438: The opinions of an expert panel. The Gold Gloves are selected by managers and coaches who may have seen a player as few as six times during the season. Naturally, statistics can be contentious, and there is still no universally agreed system of fielding stats (even with advanced metrics ) in 2024; moreover, a manager gets to see each team in their league during a season, and can indeed form an opinion over that span of whom they felt

10769-433: The plate, location, and angle (if any) of a break. FanGraphs is a website that utilizes this information and other play-by-play data to publish advanced baseball statistics and graphics. Derek Jeter Derek Sanderson Jeter ( / ˈ dʒ iː t ər / JEE -tər ; born June 26, 1974) (Nicknamed "The Captain" ) is an American former professional baseball shortstop , businessman, and baseball executive. As

10890-553: The postseason, Jeter batted .455 in the ALDS , .350 in the ALCS , and .353 in the World Series , as the Yankees defeated the Braves to win another championship, Jeter's third. During the 1999–2000 offseason, the Yankees negotiated with Jeter, tentatively agreeing to a seven-year, $ 118.5 million contract. However, because Steinbrenner did not want to set a record for the largest contract, Steinbrenner waited while Juan González and

11011-520: The postseason. Jeter is one of the most heavily marketed athletes of his generation and is involved in numerous product endorsements. As a celebrity, his personal life and relationships with other celebrities have drawn the attention of the media. Derek Sanderson Jeter was born on June 26, 1974, in Pequannock Township, New Jersey , the son of accountant Dorothy (née Connors) and substance abuse counselor Sanderson Charles Jeter. His mother

11132-456: The prior seven full seasons. Jeter returned to bat .324, finishing third in batting average to Bill Mueller , who batted .326. Ramirez finished second. Steinbrenner named Jeter the captain of the Yankees on June 3, 2003, following eight seasons without a captain after Don Mattingly retired in 1995. That postseason, Jeter batted .314 with two home runs, five RBIs, and 10 runs scored across 17 playoff games, including three hits in Game 3 of

11253-470: The public in the book Baseball Prospectus in 2003. It assumes that the careers of similar players will follow a similar trajectory. Beginning in the 2007 baseball season, MLB started looking at technology to record detailed information regarding each pitch that is thrown in a game. This became known as the PITCHf/x system, which uses video cameras to record pitch speed at its release point and crossing

11374-413: The record for most Gold Gloves by a single team in a single season with five. They also won the team Gold Glove for the National League in the same year. ^LF won as a left fielder ^CF won as a center fielder ^RF won as a right fielder On February 20, 2007, Major League Baseball and Rawlings announced that an all-time Gold Glove Team would be named during the 50th anniversary of

11495-484: The school year and spent their summers with their grandparents in West Milford, New Jersey . Attending New York Yankees games with his grandparents, Jeter became a passionate fan of the team. Watching star outfielder Dave Winfield inspired him to pursue a career in baseball. Jeter attended Kalamazoo Central High School , where he ran cross country in the fall, played basketball in the winter and baseball in

11616-415: The second half of the 2009 season. On August 16, 2009, against the Seattle Mariners , Jeter doubled down the right-field line for his 2,675th hit as a shortstop, breaking Luis Aparicio 's previous major league record. Then, Jeter became the all-time hits leader as a member of the Yankees (2,722), passing Lou Gehrig on September 11, 2009. The hit was a single off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Chris Tillman in

11737-462: The second position in the batting lineup. During the 2006 season , Jeter recorded his 2,000th career hit, becoming the eighth Yankee to reach the milestone. Jeter finished the season second in the AL in both batting average (.343) and runs scored (118), third in hits (214), and fourth in OBP (.417), earning his seventh All-Star selection. Jeter batted .500 with one home run in the 2006 ALDS , including

11858-615: The series. The play, known as "The Flip", was later voted seventh in Baseball Weekly ' s 10 Most Amazing Plays of all time, and won the 2002 Best Play ESPY Award . As a result of the September 11 attacks , the start of the playoffs was delayed and the season's end was extended past the usual October timeframe. The Yankees advanced to the 2001 World Series to face the Arizona Diamondbacks . Game 4 marked

11979-505: The shortstop or second baseman) throws to the fielder covering second base, who steps on the base before the runner from first arrives to force that runner out, and then throws the ball to the first baseman to force out the batter for the second out. Mark Belanger won four Gold Gloves with the Baltimore Orioles alongside winning partner Bobby Grich , and Joe Morgan paired with Dave Concepción for four combination wins with

12100-586: The small) in 2003 to detail Beane's use of advanced metrics. In 2011, a film based on Lewis' book – also called Moneyball – was released and gave broad exposure to the techniques used in the Oakland Athletics' front office. Sabermetrics reflected a desire by a handful of baseball enthusiasts to expand their understanding of the game by revealing new insights that may have been hidden in its traditional statistics. Their early efforts ultimately evolved into evaluating players in every aspect of

12221-441: The sport of baseball by numerically tracking various aspects of game play. The creation of the box score has given baseball statisticians a summary of the individual and team performances for a given game. What would become the earliest Sabermetrics research in the 1970s and 1980s began in the middle of the 20th century with the writings of Earnshaw Cook , one of the earliest baseball analysts. Cook's 1964 book Percentage Baseball

12342-474: The spring. Jeter posted high batting averages for the school's baseball team; he batted .557 in his sophomore year and .508 as a junior . In his senior year , he batted .508 and compiled 23  runs batted in (RBIs), 21  walks , four home runs , a .637 on-base percentage (OBP), a .831 slugging percentage (SLG), 12  stolen bases (in 12 attempts), and only one strikeout . Jeter received several honors after his senior season, including

12463-418: The team at the shortstop position after an injury to Fernández, Steinbrenner approved a trade that would have sent pitcher Mariano Rivera to the Mariners for shortstop Félix Fermín , but Michael, by then the vice president of scouting, and assistant general manager Brian Cashman convinced Steinbrenner to give Jeter an opportunity. Rated the sixth-best prospect in baseball by Baseball America heading into

12584-518: The team's general manager, responded publicly that Jeter should test the open market to ascertain his value, which angered Jeter. According to reports, Jeter initially sought a four-year contract worth between $ 23 million and $ 25 million per season. He reached an agreement with the Yankees on a three-year contract for $ 51 million with an option for a fourth year. He spent the offseason working with Long on adjustments to his swing. The adjustments left Jeter frustrated, as he batted .242 in

12705-600: The third inning. In the 2009 postseason, Jeter batted .355, including .407 in the 2009 World Series , as he won his fifth World Series championship. He was named Sportsman of the Year for 2009 by Sports Illustrated , and won the Roberto Clemente Award , Hank Aaron Award , his fourth Gold Glove Award and his fourth Silver Slugger Award. Jeter also finished third in the AL MVP voting, behind Minnesota's Joe Mauer and Yankee teammate Mark Teixeira . It

12826-579: The third-base side railing and two rows of seats, receiving a lacerated chin and bruised face. The Yankees went on to win the game in the bottom of the 13th inning. This was voted the Play of the Year in the This Year in Baseball Awards competition, as voted on by fans at MLB.com. Following the 2004 season, Jeter was presented with his first Gold Glove Award; his diving catch on July 1 was cited as

12947-439: The time—remained the team's starting shortstop while Rodriguez moved to third base. Rodriguez's fielding range allowed Jeter to cede ground to his right to Rodriguez and cheat to his left: fielding balls hit to his left is a weakness identified by scouts. The 2004 season began with Jeter mired in a slump, at one point getting only one hit in a span of 36 at-bats; through April, he batted .168. His batting average improved to .277 by

13068-475: The top fielders in each league. In 2020, Rawlings began issuing a Gold Glove Award for team defense, with one recipient each in the American and National Leagues. Starting in 2022, a Gold Glove Award in each league has been awarded to a utility player . For 2016–2019, a Gold Glove was also awarded each year to one fastpitch softball player in the National Pro Fastpitch league. For the first four seasons of

13189-489: The way he strode with his left leg. Following the season, Jeter won his fifth Gold Glove award. Jeter committed six errors during the season, his lowest total in 15 full seasons. "He might go down, when it's all over, as the all-time Yankee." — Don Zimmer , September 13, 2009 After the 2010 season, Jeter became a free agent for the first time in his career. At age 36, Jeter appeared to be in decline; Joe Sheehan of Baseball Prospectus suggested that Jeter, once

13310-427: The winners, without any voting by coaches. In 1957, the baseball glove manufacturer Rawlings created the Gold Glove Award to commemorate the best fielding performance at each position. Winners receive a glove made from gold lamé -tanned leather and affixed to a walnut base. In the inaugural year, one Gold Glove was awarded to the top fielder at each position in MLB; since 1958, separate awards have been given to

13431-695: Was a widespread misunderstanding about how the game of baseball was played, claiming the sport was not defined by its rules but actually, as summarized by engineering professor Richard J. Puerzer, "defined by the conditions under which the game is played – specifically, the ballparks but also the players, the ethics, the strategies, the equipment, and the expectations of the public." Early Sabermetricians – sometimes considered baseball statisticians – began trying to enhance such fundamental baseball statistics as batting average (simply at-bats divided by hits) with advanced mathematical formulations. The correlation between team batting average and runs scored

13552-403: Was also examined, as runs – not hits – win ballgames. Thus, a good measure of a player's worth would be his ability to help his team score runs, which was observed to be highly correlated with his number of times on base – leading to the development of a new stat, "on-base percentage". Before Bill James popularized sabermetrics, Davey Johnson , then a second baseman playing for

13673-539: Was also the fifth championship for Pettitte, Posada, and Rivera, who along with Jeter were referred to as the " Core Four ". In 2010, Jeter, along with Posada and Rivera, became the first trio of teammates in any of the four major league sports in North America (MLB, NFL , NBA , or NHL ) to play in at least 16 consecutive seasons on the same team as teammates. The 2010 season was statistically Jeter's worst in many respects. The Yankee captain batted .270 with

13794-551: Was batting .260 for the 2011 season with a .649 OPS. Rehabilitating from his injury in Tampa, Jeter worked on his swing with Denbo, his former minor league manager. With Denbo, Jeter returned to the mechanics he used in his minor league days. Following his activation from the disabled list, he hit .326 with an .806 OPS in his last 64 games of the season. Jeter finished the year with a .297 batting average, six home runs, 61 runs batted in, 84 runs, and 16 stolen bases. He credited

13915-412: Was most recently worn by Mike Gallego from 1992 to 1994. Batting ninth , he went hitless in five at bats , striking out once. The following day, he recorded his first two major league hits and scored his first two career runs. Jeter batted .234 and committed two errors in 13 games before being returned to Class AAA Columbus; Fernández replaced Jeter at shortstop. He finished the 1995 season with

14036-782: Was named the SAL's Best Defensive Shortstop, Most Exciting Player, and Best Infield Arm by Baseball America . Coming off his strong 1993 season, Baseball America rated Jeter as the 16th-best prospect in baseball. Jeter played for the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League (FSL), the Albany-Colonie Yankees of the Class AA Eastern League , and the Columbus Clippers of

14157-427: Was named the unanimous AL Rookie of the Year , receiving all 28 first-place votes in only the fifth sweep in the honor's 50-year history. The Yankees reached the 1996 postseason, and Torre batted Jeter in the leadoff spot based on his strong year-long performance. During Game 1 of the 1996 American League Championship Series (ALCS) , the Yankees trailed the Baltimore Orioles 4–3 in the eighth inning when Jeter hit

14278-403: Was once considered a popular sabermetric statistic. This statistic attempts to demonstrate how much a player contributes to his team in comparison to a hypothetical player performing at the minimum level needed to hold a roster position on a major league team. It was invented by Keith Woolner, a former writer for the sabermetric group/website Baseball Prospectus . Wins above replacement (WAR)

14399-402: Was one of the first of its kind. At first, most organized baseball teams and professionals dismissed Cook's work as meaningless. The idea of a science of baseball statistics began to achieve legitimacy in 1977 when Bill James began releasing Baseball Abstracts , his annual compendium of baseball data. However, James's ideas were slow to find widespread acceptance. Bill James believed there

14520-542: Was repeated in the National League in 2007 ( Andruw Jones , Carlos Beltrán , Aaron Rowand , and Jeff Francoeur ). Before the involvement of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) in the voting process in 2013, The Boston Globe writer Peter Abraham argued the Fielding Bible Awards "are far more accurate (and accountable)" than the Gold Glove awards since statistics are used along with

14641-423: Was the best fielder at each position. Bill Chuck of Comcast SportsNet New England claimed that Gold Glove voters frequently counted only errors to determine winners. Geoff Baker of The Seattle Times maintained the votes for the Gold Gloves rely largely on a player's past reputation. The Associated Press proposed that "some fans have viewed the Gold Gloves as mostly a popularity contest, even suggesting that

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